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Auction History Result 2f271 LOVE HAPPY/AFRICA SCREAMS pressbook '53 Marx Bros, Marilyn Monroe, Abbott & Costello! Date Sold 4/1/2010 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 11" x 17"; 4 pages) (Learn More) the 1953 double-bill release of ("Two laugh-happy hits in one hilarious show!"; "The picture that discovered Mayilyn Monroe in the 'Happiest' double-hit show of the year!!") Love Happy, the 1949 Leo McCarey and David Miller musical screwball comedy ("New Musical Girlesque!!!"; "Their NEWEST! FUNNIEST! Musical!") starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Chico, and Harpo), Ilona Massey, Vera-Ellen, Marion Hutton, Raymond Burr, Melville Cooper, Leon Belasco, Paul Valentine, Eric Blore, Bruce Gordon, and Marilyn Monroe (in only her second credited role!). What is remarkable is that the people who designed the posters put pictures of three pretty girls on them, but did not manage to make Marilyn Monroe one of them, surely a major blunder. I know this was because she was unknown at the time, but I would think they would have recognized her obvious assets! AND Africa Screams, the 1949 Charles Barton Africa jungle safari adventure comedy ("Look what's cookin' in Africa!!!!"; "Bud Abbott and Lou Costello ...in hot water in 'Africa Screams'"; "See... CLYDE BEATTY Your hair will stand on end when world famous CLYDE BEATTY tangles with man-eating lions!"; "See... FRANK BUCK Frank Buck gives you the thrill of your life as he risks his to bring 'em back alive."; "See... MAX BAER & BUDDY BAER World famous heavyweights, BAER BROTHERS, teach Costello the 'BAER' facts of life!"; "A 3-ring circus of African thrills and laughs!!!"; "Those Joy Boys are in hot water again in darkest laff-rica!") starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello (Abbott and Costello), Clyde Beatty ("World Famous Lion Tamer"), Max Bae & Buddy Baer ("World Famous Heavyweight Sensations"), Hillary Brooke, Joe Besser, Shemp Howard, and Frank Buck ("World Famous Animal Hunter") NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of the pressbook, plus an image of an inside spread, but of course, the winner of this auction will receive the entire single pressbook we are selling (plus any supplements or heralds described above)! Also note that this pressbook is complete and uncut! Given that theater owners purchased pressbooks partly in order to create their newspaper advertising, and quite frequently cut them up for that purpose, it is rare to find a pressbook that IS complete and uncut! Condition: very good, NO CUTS. Note that this pressbook was folded across the center at one time. Because of this, this pressbook can be sent in one of our standard size packages (if it is purchased together with pressbooks that can NOT be folded, then it will of course have to be sent in one of our oversized packages). But if this pressbook is purchased by itself (or solely with other pressbooks that can be folded), then the shipping will be much lower, because it fits in a standard package. Learn More about condition grades 
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